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    Automatically Reset Alert

    I want to use some of my cameras as motion sensor for home automation purposes. I can get them to detect motion and perform an action on the home automation system. However, the alert is not clearing until I manually clear it. I would like it to clear after say 10s so that when there is motion...
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    Keeps Crashing Once a Day

    My BI v 5.3.2.11 x64 about a couple weeks ago started to crash and average of once a day. There is no particular time or even that I can see that is related to it. I checked the Windows Event Viewer but there is nothing in there related to BI. There were some windows update, i.e. KB5034466...
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    Change Normally Open to Normally Closed

    I have a new IPC-D54IR-ASE-S3 = HDBW5442R-ASE-S3 and was wondering if it's possible to change the alarm output from NO (Normally Open) to NC (Normally Closed). There is such an option for the alarm input, see attachment. However, I don't see anything for the alarm output.
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    Finding Dahua Dome, PoE, 1/1.8", 4MP, 2.8mm

    I am looking for a Dahua Dome camera for indoors. The 5442 are popular here and it's my understanding that S3 is the latest version. However, on Dahua's website I can only find S2 which is strange. Maybe I am not searching properly. On empiretech01.com I can only find the D54IR-ASE-S3. I believe...
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    Cameras & DSC Security System

    I am replacing an indoor motion sensor with a camera. The motion sensor is connected to a DSC PC1864 alarm system. Is there a way for me to tie the camera into the DSC system so it triggers when motion is detected? Note, I am using Blue Iris and I can tie motion detected from BI into our home...
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    Image cut in half and distorted

    I have an older HikVision DS-2CD2132F-IS 2.8mm that I mounted to check on angles, video, etc. When I looked at the recording, it was completely wrong, i.e. there was an upper and a lower part. Also the upper part is completely distorted which you can also seen from the timestamp in the video...
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    1/2.9" vs 1/1.8" vs 1/1.2" Camera

    How much of a difference do you really get over a recent 1/2.9" sensor camera, a 1/1.8", a 1/1.2" camera or maybe even 1/1" (not seen one, yet)? I have some 7 year old Hivision cams that got good ratings at that time. I replaced more than half of them with cams from Andy at at about twice the...
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    90 degree PoE indoor camera in corner

    I have a motion sensor in the corner of a wall & ceiling that I want to replace with a PoE camera. See attached image. Hopefully the next couple of weeks I will open the wall and pull some Ethernet cable to that location (same place where the other cable for the motion sensor is currently coming...
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    PoE Switch in Attic

    I have a couple of HikVision dome cameras that I want to install in the garage. There is probably another camera that I want to install somewhere else later on. It's very difficult and risky (damaging existing cables) to pull more CAT cables to the closet where the switches are located. I do...
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    PoE camera over 4 conductor cable

    I would like to replace our doorbell with a Reolink PoE doorbell. I understand they have a wireless version but I just prefer a wired solution if possible. There is a 4 conductor cable going to where the doorbell is located (the current doorbell uses just two of the 4 conductors). Is it possible...
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    Replace Motion Sensor with Camera

    We have a motion sensor in the garage that is placed in a bad spot for home automation purposes but ideal for a camera. The motion sensor points toward the garage door and the side door (good for security) but away from where we enter the garage which is what I want to monitor for home...
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    Re-process Motion Detection

    I realized that my motion detection wasn't set properly. There was a hit-and-run on our street but nobody knows an approximate time. Since my motion detection wasn't set up properly I would have to go review the entire video (at about 8x in order to not miss anything). This would take a long...
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    Camera as Light Sensor

    I would like to use my outside cameras for an (approximate) light sensor for home automation purposes. Someone posted a script but I just can't find the link anymore. Does someone have it?
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    IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E Focus Blues

    I have a IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E as an LPR. It works really well EXCEPT for focus. Sometimes it works but sometimes the focus is quite a lot off. I followed the BlueIris way to switch between night and day. Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset What happens is that the focus is off...
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    4MP vs 8MP (IPC-T5442T-ZE vs IPC-T5842T-ZE)

    I am deciding on a new turret cam. I read the threads about the two cameras. They both have the same sensor size but one is 4MP and the other one is 8MP. I understand that in most cases you want to go with the lower MP to have less noise (unless you have a really well lit area where the 8MP cam...
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    IPC-B5442E-Z4E Still The Best?

    I need another varifocal camera for one side of our home. I have a IPC-B5442E-Z4E on the other side and it works reasonably well. For that camera I have Day & Night on Auto for both Day and Night and it never goes into B&W. The other side (the one I need a camera for) has less light so I suspect...
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    Filtering/Searching Dahua Cams

    I am looking for an additional Dahua camera but Dahua's website is terrible to quickly sort through all the offerings. https://www.dahuasecurity.com/Products/All-Products/Network-Cameras I would like to be able to filter on things like sensor size, mega pixels, vari-focal, etc. Am I missing...
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    Get Light Level from Camera

    I am doing home automation (using HomeSeer) and for many actions depend on the light level. For indoor I have plugin light sensors but outside I would have to use wireless sensors. Hence, I was wondering if the cameras could be used as light sensors? I don't think cameras provide any LUX...
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    Access Point for Wireless Cameras

    I am putting all my cameras in a separate VLAN. I have a few wireless cameras that are on my "main network"/LAN (with internet access). I want to connect a separate AP to the camera VLAN and then have the wireless cameras connect to that AP. Are there any particular things to look for when...
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    Android App or UI3

    We have some indoor cameras (VansView) and I am going to add some Amcrest cams. All of them will (not yet) be on a separate VLAN. Hence, to access them I have to use BI. There is the BI Android App but the reviews are pretty bad. So I am wondering if I should just use UI3. The main problem I...
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    Surveillance VLAN: Dahua, HikVision, etc Have Many OUIs

    I have a new switch that has a "Surveillance VLAN". It is based on OUIs (Organizationally Unique Identifier), i.e. the first three bytes of the MAC. When I looked at the MACs of all my cams it appeared all of them have different OUIs and I only have two brands plus one Amcrest. So I used the...
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    FPS/key Sometimes Drops

    I have a Dahua camera as an LPR. When I was scrolling frame by frame (scroll wheel) through recordings I realized that every 4-6s there would be a 0.8 - 1.2s jump from one frame to the next. As a result I missed license plates. I double checked my camera settings which are 15fps, every 15th...
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    Indoor Camera With BI and App Access

    When we are away I usually use OpenVPN to get into our network and look at the cameras via BlueIris. My wife doesn't like that and she wants an app to access multiple indoor cameras and that allows her to PTZ the cams and have 2-way audio "communication" (with the dog). What might complicate...
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    VLAN & NICs & Switch "Sharing"

    I currently have a managed (don't use the managed part) 48-port non-PoE switch (Switch #1) and a 16 port unmanaged PoE switch which is connected to the 48-port switch. All devices including the cameras are on the same subnet. I used to have issues with the cameras being hacked which I was able...
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    LPR: Blurry Images During Day Time

    I have an IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E specifically for reading license plates. I can read most license plates easily during night time. However, during day time they seem more blurry and in some cases unreadable. See attachment which shows the top left quarter of what the camera records. I am using some...
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    IPC-B5442E-Z4E: What is the current focal length

    I have a IPC-B5442E-Z4E whose focal length can be adjusted between 8mm to 32mm. Is there a way for me to see at what focal length the camera is currently set at. I looked at the web interface and in the live view I can adjust the zoom from value 0 to 630 but it doesn't say anywhere anything...
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    Which HDD for 12 Cams

    I purchased an 8TB Barracuda a while ago as a dedicated drive for BI to record video. It was a disaster. I went back to my 2TB drive but it's only enough for 2 days of recording which isn't enough. Hence, I am looking for a new drive. I know WD has the Surveillance type of drives and Seagate the...
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    100% HDD Usage

    I only have 10 cameras and each one is set to direct to disc recording. I have a dedicated HDD just for footage of the security cameras. When I look at Task Manager the disc is always at 100%. Average response time various from 0ms to 10,000ms. Write speed various from 0MB/s to 15MB/s. In BI I...
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    Get Older BI Versions

    Where can I get an older version of BI, specifically 5.3.3.8. I uninstalled BI and want to reinstall it. In this forum I found Blue Iris Updates (64 bit) - History but it turns out those are just updates and not full installations.
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    BI Slows Down Computer After 1 Hour

    When I start BI my system starts responding very sluggishly after about 1h. After a few hours all HikVision and Dahua cameras freeze up (the time embedded by the cams is not updating anymore). Only a couple of cheap wireless cameras are still responding. When I go to the settings of a HikVision...
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